I'm Giada Valenti an Italian singer and songwriter from Venice Italy. In my blog you will find everything Italian, music, food, fashion and more. But you will also find everything about the USA and its lifestyle and read about my adventures in this wonderful country and more about my music and life!

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Fun facts about Venetian blinds

Fun facts about Venetian blinds:Venetian Blinds were invented by the Persians.Venetian merchants brought them to Europe and give them that name. European artists used them in their works, making them extremely popular there in the 15th and 16th centuries. Why they became so popular in Venice? Well a very valued occupation in Venice was to spy the neighbors and this shutter with fine small strips was protecting from the sun without keeping them from doing that. The need foranonymity was very serious in venice reason why carnival and masks were always so popular in Venice.How do they arrive also in America?An English craftsman, John Webster, introduced the Wooden Venetian Sun Blinds to the New World. Originally from London, he came to open an upholstery shop in Philadelphia, PA. His business became a raving success that he became the known as “The Blind man of Philadelphia”. He made the first print advertisement for these wooden blinds which appeared in the Pennsylvania Weekly Journal and Advertiser on August 20, 1767.From Venice With Love,Giada‪#‎giadavalenti‬‪#‎PBS‬‪#‎FromVeniceWithLoveTour‬